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  2. Swamp Land Act of 1850 - Wikipedia

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    Grand Kankakee Marsh County Park, part of the Kankakee River, was established in 1979, with 920 acres of marshland restored. [10] Beaver Lake in Indiana was drained due to land speculation that started with the Swamp Land Act. The lake bed is included in Kankakee Sands, a nature preserve overseen by the Nature Conservancy. [11] [12]

  3. Kankakee River - Wikipedia

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    Kankakee River State Park is located along the river, northwest of Kankakee, Illinois. The 4,095-acre (16.57 km 2 ) Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area is located in Indiana.

  4. Kankakee River State Park - Wikipedia

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    Kankakee River State Park is an Illinois state park on 4,000 acres (1,619 ha) primarily in Kankakee and Will Counties, Illinois, United States.Originally, 35 acres (14 ha) of land was donated by Ethel Sturges Dummer for the creation of the state park in 1938.

  5. Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area - Wikipedia

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    The Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area is situated in Starke County at the junction of the Yellow River with the Kankakee River. The state purchased 2,312 acres (9.36 km 2) of marshland in 1927 for a Works Progress Administration (WPA) transient camp. The camp consisted of up to 400 men.

  6. Are there enough protections to keep New Carlisle water clean ...

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    The sprawling wetland known as the Grand Kankakee Marsh once served as a detoxifying cleanser of the South Bend region's waters, including what residents drank.. People drained it decades ago and ...

  7. Kankakee Outwash Plain - Wikipedia

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    Kankakee River Plain; [6] - The largest unit of outwash is along the Kankakee River from South Bend to the Illinois border. It is 15 miles (24 km) to 20 miles (32 km) wide including the Kankakee Marsh and the surrounding sand and gravel plains. [4] Tippicanoe- Iroquois plain - The next largest unit is along the Tippecanoe River in Fulton County.

  8. Swamp - Wikipedia

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    Marsh Arabs poling a mashoof. The Mesopotamian Marshes [24] is a large swamp and river system in southern Iraq, traditionally inhabited in part by the Marsh Arabs. In Asia, tropical peat swamps are located in mainland East Asia and Southeast Asia. In Southeast Asia, peatlands are mainly found in low altitude coastal and sub-coastal areas and ...

  9. Can our aquifer support big water needs of Amazon and ... - AOL

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    This is a map of aquifers in St. Joseph County as of 1994. The Kankakee Aquifer is the yellowish patch to the west. The light blue area is the St. Joseph Aquifer System, which serves much of the ...

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